Heating system.



UNITED 'STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELEANOR GORDON, OF GEORGETOWN, OHIO.

nEA'rING SYSTEM.

' which the following-is a specification.

This invention relates vto anv improved heating system, and is designed primarily to provide a heating apparatus constmcted'so as to heat and ventilate a plurality of rooms of a building through and by the use of a singley fire, therebyv securing economy of fuel and convenience, as well as economy, in the labor of attendance.;WHY

The invention as shown is constructed and arranged lto heat the four lower and lfour upper rooms of an ordinary eight-room house or apartment, but. it will, of course, be understoodthat the construction and arrangement may be varied for heating buildings or apartments containing a greateror-lesser number of rooms.

In the accompanying drawings,-Figure l is a vertical section, taken centrally through the `iioors of a building and the improved heating apparatus.v Figs. 2 and 3 are respectively sectional plan views on the lines 22 and 3--3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a vertical front to rar section through one of the drums or radiators employed lin the system. Fig. 5 is a horizontal transverse section of the same on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawings, the numerals 1,'2 and 3 designate the first and second iloors and the roof of a two-story building, each floor of which is divided by the partition walls 4 to form the four rooms or apartments 5, 6,-7 and 8, respectively. A chimney or flue 9 is built between the first and second floors at the corner or point of intersection of the walls 4 and communicates at its base with-an open fire place l() in which are arranged a series of individual grates ll, one for eaclf of the lower rooms or apartments. The ash pit 12 of the re place contains a preferred form of ash pan or'receptacle 13, above which is arranged a main grate 14 adapted to support a main bed of fuel, said grate 14-being provided with hooks or engaging members 15 to support it from the rear cross bars of the individual grates 11. Inclined conductors or chute plates 16, equal in number to the individual grates, lead therefrom below the main grate to catch and conduct the ashes from all the grates to the ash pan 13. These chute plates are preferably detachably hung from the i individual grates by providing them at their front edges with hooks 17 to rest upon the lower front cross bars of said grates, and therearedges of said plates rest upon and are supported by the ash pan, as clearly shown in Fig. -l. Arranged in the flue or chimney 9 at the top of the fire place is a conical heat radiator and def-lector 1S supported from the flue by arms 19. This deflector is so formed as to provide deflecting sides or surfaces Specification of Lette'rs Patent. Application filed July 21, 1906. Serial'No. 327,182.

` Patented July 9, 1907,

equal in number tothe individual'grates, and serves i to properly guide the heated currents of air and products of combustion therefrom, to equalize the draft and to store up heat which is radiated therefromv when thefire is banked or becomes low to maintain and diffuse Aa proper degree of warmth throughout the several rooms or apartments. v

' The iiue or chimney 9, which is preferably constructed of brick, orfsom'e other suitable non-conducting material, extends upward through theioor 2 and is closed at its upper end by a metallic plate 2O which forms the base for a series of drums or radiators 2l arranged in the rooms or apartments of the second floor of the building, a sheet of asbestos or other suitable material 21 being arranged beneath said plate to prevent it from becoming unduly heated from the products ofcombustion and to.-

secure safety as an element of fire prevention. Each drum or radiator 21 is composed of a body or casing, preferably of sheet metal, provided at its' sides with doors 22 to admit access thereto, the general form of each radiator being similar to that of a heating stove in order to simulate the use of such a` stove in each of the upper rooms or apartments. Extending'from front to rear through the body or casing of each radiator are conical iues or passages 23, preferably arranged in rows or series with the dues of one row or series arranged on a line between the flues of the other row or rows; The air in the compartment circulates through these fines and is thereby heated through the heat taken up from the hot air and products of combustion passing through the drum or radiator. The bottom o the drum is provided with a central inlet connected by a pipe 24 with the flue or chimney 9, lwhile the top ofthe drum is pro-J vided with an outlet connecting with a flue or pipe 25 leading to a final exhaust iiue 26 extending through the roof 3 and adapted to discharge the'waste products of combustion to the atmosphere. The outlet of the drum with which the pipe 25 connects arranged near the back of the drum to retard to a sufficient extent the exhaust ofthe heated air and products from the drum, as

`well as to leave the front portion of the top plate ofthe drum clear so that cooking or heating utensils may be placed thereon for boiling-water and preparing beverages and light food stuffs.

lt will be seen that by reason of the peculiar construction and arrangement of the parts of the heating apparatus an open fire place. common to all of the rooms or apartments of the lower oor of the building will be provided to heat such rooms, and that the heat rising therefrom will be utilized through the medium of the radiators to heat all of the rooms ci the second floor, thus enabling all of the rooms in the building to be heated from asingle fire. An apparatus of thisk type will be found entirely adequate for the proper heating of small buildings and comparatively large buildings in temperate climes, and its advantages in securing los economy in the use of fuel and ance Will be appreciated.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed :is new, is:-

1. Incombination with upper and lower floors of a building, a rire place arranged at the point of junction of the wallsof the adjoining/rooms of thelowerlor; individual grates in the fireplace, one forv each room, a main grate between the individual grates to support .therewith a common bed of fuel; a line leading upwardly from said'fire place toftheupperV door and-provided` at its upper end with a. closure, al final outlet flue leading` to the exterior, and radiators in the rooms of' the upper iloor provided with inlet' pipes extending through said* closure into the flue andwitlioutlet'plpes=leadlng therefrom to trlleisaid final outlet ue. 2. A heating system embodyingaiiue builtat the p oint of juncture of the walls of a plurality of rooms, a. re place arranged at the lower end of the flue and having openings commmiicatlng1 with! thez respectivel rooms, individual gratesarranged withinthe` said openings. a main grate common to all the rooms,arranged'withinthe tire place and forming in conjunction with the individualin the labor of attend-v grates a support for a common'bed'oftuel, and" radiators correspondingly arrangedin the' rooms ot" anupper'or and communicating withthe upper endzoftlie ue,

3. A heating system comprising va re'place arrangedat` .of two Witnesses;

the waste heat therefrom.

4. A heating system embodying a flue of rectangular form having its corners arranged'in line with partition ,valls-formingaalplurality of rooms and its sides arranged obliquely across the adjacent corners of the r`ooms', a fire place-at'tlie-hase of'the flue having openings" in the sides "thereof, individual grates arranged in the said openings. agio a main grate arranged in the flue between said indirespective sides of the fireplace and'in opencommunicatibn' therewltli, one for eaclrroom, a main grate het'weenlsaid individual grates- .fm'dl common to allY the' rooms, a de-v flectior inthe flue above the main grate presenting surfaces equal in number to the individual grates, and a series of' radiators communicating with the upper endof'said flue."

Ill testimony whereof, IE affix'- my signature npresence ELEANOR GORDBNE Witnesses:

J. WALTER BAG'BY, ELI B. PARKER. 

